LATEST DUBLIN CITY NEWS

• “Proposed changes to retail guidelines will cost jobs, compromise main streets and cause more dereliction - An Taisce”

  03-01-2012

  Jobs will be lost and main streets will suffer if Forfas gets its way on Retail Planning  according to a recent An Taisce  Press Release

• Rejuvenating Dublin's Tourism Product

  23-12-2011

  Dublin City Business Association commissioned Jerome Casey and Felim O’Rourke to undertake a study of tourism in Dublin and to make least-cost recommendations for its rejuvenation. The World Tourism Organisation concluded (in relation to Ireland) that "there appears to be very little correlation between marketing spending by National Tourism Organisations and international arrivals". 
  

  Within Ireland, there is a mismatch between the Irish tourism market and the public resources devoted to it. 

  33 existing tourist attractions in Dublin were reviewed, and low-cost initiatives suggested for their improvement.

  From 2000 – 2010 Ireland’s share of world tourism visitors has fallen sharply. In 2004, Ireland changed from being a destination country for incoming tourists to an origin country for Irish, outgoing tourists.

  Dublin must move from passive approval of tourist activities to an active development of tourism as a priority industry in regenerating the city’s economy. 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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Dublin Bus Pioneers Biofuel Use

Wednesday the 14th of June 2006

Dublin Bus is currently operating five of its open top tour vehicles on a blend of bio-diesel. While this is currently more expensive than ordinary diesel, the company is looking at the future economic and environmental benefits of the technology. The first biofuel buses were launched by Transport Minister, Martin Cullen TD, in May '06. Dublin Bus is also the first transport company to incorporate the use of biofuel into its operations. Speaking at the launch, Minister Cullen said: "Congratulations to Dublin Bus on piloting this initiative. Measures such as this are welcome and I would hope that similar initiatives would be taken on board by other public transport companies in Ireland."